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Elliott Sadler shakes off sickness for Chicagoland Nationwide win

July 22, 2012

By Jerry Bonkowski
Special for NASCAR Wire Service

JOLIET, Ill. — Elliott Sadler went from sick to stupendous, rallying late to capture Sunday’s STP 300 Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.

Sadler, who also won a $100,000 bonus for the victory, had battled a flu bug for the previous three days, at one point spending 36 hours in bed. But when he arrived at the track Saturday, he felt the worst was behind him and was ready to race.

Continue reading “Nationwide Series Recap: Elliott Sadler Shakes Off Sickness For Chicagoland Victory”

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July 21, 2012

By Jerry Bonkowski
Special to NASCAR Wire Service

JOLIET, Ill. –- When James Buescher was forced to pit to change carburetors during the course of Saturday night’s American Ethanol 225, any chance of winning appeared lost, especially when he got back on track two laps down.

Buescher not only made up those two laps, he needed just one lap –- the final one –- to grab the lead and go on to win his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series-leading third race of the season at Chicagoland Speedway.

Leading just six laps in the entire event, Buescher passed points leader Timothy Peters and then held off Brendan Gaughan, who led 83 of the 150 laps, to win his second race in the last three events.

Continue reading “Truck Series Results: Buescher Claims Third Win With Final Lap Pass At Chicagoland”

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1 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Rancher’s Reserve / Dominick’s / Cargill Ford 30.523 176.916
2 3 Austin Dillon # AdvoCare Chevrolet 30.546 176.783
3 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Alliance Truck Parts Dodge 30.618 176.367
4 54 Kyle Busch(i) Monster Energy Toyota 30.711 175.833
5 22 Parker Kligerman(i) Discount Tire Dodge 30.716 175.804
6 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 30.740 175.667
7 44 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Toyota 30.807 175.285
8 88 Cole Whitt # TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 30.818 175.222
9 18 Ryan Truex GRIMEboss Toyota 30.881 174.865
10 33 Brendan Gaughan(i) Rheem / Menards Chevrolet 30.947 174.492
11 09 Kenny Wallace Family Farmers Toyota 31.019 174.087
12 70 Johanna Long # ForeTravel Motorcoach Chevrolet 31.103 173.617
13 7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 31.131 173.461
14 43 Michael Annett Pilot / Flying J Ford 31.146 173.377
15 2 Elliott Sadler Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet 31.152 173.344

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Allgaier’s Hope: Second Verse Not Same As First

Now that the second half of the NASCAR Nationwide Series season is officially underway, this is the time for Justin Allgaier to make sure he has plenty of gas in the tank to make a run at the championship. Pardon the pun, but it fits Allgaier’s season to a tee.

It’s not that he’s had a bad first half. He’s just not been able find the consistency that he – and many others before the year started – felt would have him challenging for the title by this juncture.
Allgaier, from Riverton, Ill., had a popular win at Chicagoland in this race last year when he coasted across the finish line ahead of Carl Edwards after both drivers ran out of fuel. But he wasn’t able to turn that momentum into a run at the points lead the rest of the way.

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